Founding of the Republic of China and New Year's Day
February
2
Wednesday
Chinese New Year's Eve
3
Thursday
Chinese New Year
4
Friday
Chinese New Year
5
Saturday
Chinese New Year
28
Monday
Peace Memorial Day
April
4
Monday
The Combined Holidays of Women's Day & Children's Day
5
Tuesday
QingMing Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day)
May
1
Sunday
Labour Day
10
Tuesday
Vesak/Buddha Day (The Buddha's Birthday)
June
6
Monday
Dragon Boat Festival/Dragon Festival/Dumpling Festival
September
12
Monday
Mid Autumn/Moon/Mooncake/Lantern - Festival
October
10
Monday
Double Tenth Day
Holidays in Taiwan refers to the holidays and festivals observed in the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China. Includes both official holidays defined by the Republic of China government and traditional holidays.
Tomb Sweeping Day is a special holiday in Taiwan, where families get together to clean up their ancestors' graves. The day involves a lot of burning, raking, bai-ing to the gods, and finally placing yellow paper all over the tomb to represent a new roof for the deceased.
A dragon boat (also dragonboat) is a human-powered boat (Paddled Water Craft) traditionally made of teak wood to various designs and sizes. It is one of a family of Traditional Long Boats found throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands. It is now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago.
When the Memorial Holiday and the Festival Holiday fall on a Saturday or Sunday, a deferred day off is not allowed. However, Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year's Eve are exempted from this regulation.The regulations for deferred holiday for Labor Day and the Military Memorial Days or other deferred days are to be determined by the Central Agency Responsible.
Public Transportation, Police, Fire Department, Coast Guard, Medical Services, Customs, and other Government Departments, must provide service to the public, all year round and so must implement the necessary shift systems (alternate duty / day-off).The office hours of other Public Service Departments other than the above, can be flexibly adjusted, by their Executive Organization, based on their actual needs and provided they do not affect the principle of public service.
The Vacation system of the Military, considering the needs of national defense safety and which must therefore always be on alert, is determined by its Executive Organization according to their actual requirements.
Financial Executive Organizations can flexibly adjust the business hours and prolong the trading hours of the stock and commodity markets based on their actual business requirements.
